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esports are only popular on the internet and your colleges' video game club. While they're no doubt getting bigger, they're a tiny niche and most regular people
by Matachines 10y ago
esports are only popular on the internet and your colleges' video game club. While they're no doubt getting bigger, they're a tiny niche and most regular people still think they're weird. Also they seem more popular in Europe and Asia.
- adamnemecek 10y agoSure. But one is growing, one is shrinking.
- bdcravens 10y agoThe number of people who use only cash is shrinking, and the number of people who use only Bitcoin is rising, therefore ...
- adamnemecek 10y agoHow many "cash startups" are there? How many bitcoin startups?
- bdcravens 10y agoI thought we were talking about trends among users. (to draw an analogy between niches) Sounds to me like you're moving the goalposts to win an Internet argument.
- gozur88 10y agoWhile it's true video game streaming is still a tiny niche, what probably is affecting ESPN's bottom line is the number of people who would have watched sports in years past but are now eschewing any sort of passive entertainment in favor of video games.